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It was the largest employment decrease since the agency began keeping what it described as comparable figures in 1976.
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If there was any light shining through the black clouds it was in the fact that Canadians that still had jobs were earning more, 4.8 per cent higher than a year ago.

"Unfortunately we will see more job losses," said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. "This is the start of a wave of job losses that will likely extend through the first half of this year."

BMO economists expect the Canadian unemployment rate to break through eight per cent by the end of this year. To combat the softening economy, the Bank of Canada is expected to announce another interest rate cut in March, BMO said.
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Ontario lost 71,000 jobs last month, the largest monthly drop in more than three decades, Statistics Canada said. The drop pushed the province's unemployment rate up by 0.8 percentage points to eight per cent — its highest level since November 1997.

British Columbia shed 35,000 jobs as its unemployment rate also increased by 0.8 percentage points to 6.1 per cent.

Quebec's employment fell by 26,000 jobs, with all the losses coming in part-time work. The province's unemployment rate rose to 7.7 per cent. January saw large declines in public administration, following gains in December associated with hiring for the provincial election.

Bureau of "labor"? That's American then. It's a dramatic graph but it fails to account for overall growth of the workforce from 1990 to now (125 million then to 153 million in 2007 according to the BOLS web site).

Bureau of "labor"? That's American then. It's a dramatic graph but it fails to account for overall growth of the workforce from 1990 to now (125 million then to 153 million in 2007 according to the BOLS web site).

Thats a pretty unpleasant story no matter which way you slice it. We (well they) haven't hit the bottom and we (well they) probably have a year or several years before the number of jobs begins to increase.

The study, funded by the Ontario government, says the lopsided job growth is a permanent change, not a cyclical pattern. It warns Toronto’s transit system will be placed under further strain and argues smaller communities outside the city should seek to attract the jobs of the future, rather than cling to dying industries.